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UML’s Bhagwati Chaudhary elected from Sunsari-3
Chaudhary defeated Bijay Kumar Gachhadhar of the Nepali Congress by a margin of 5,188 votes.
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Published at : November 29, 2022
Updated at : November 29, 2022 19:43
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CPN-UML candidate Bhagwati Chaudhary has been elected to the House of Representatives from Sunsari-3.
Chaudhary defeated Nepali Congress leader and candidate from the ruling alliance Bijay Kumar Gachhadhar by a margin of 5,188 votes. Chaudhary received 40,788 votes while Gachhadhar, a former deputy prime minister, garnered 35,600 votes.
Gachhadhar had defeated Chaudhary by a margin of 381 votes in the 2017 general elections.
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